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that NATO/ISAF bases and pockets of control will see combat and attacks. The withdrawal date of US troops is still up in the air, with President Karzai refusing to sign a Bilateral Security Agreement with the US unless certain conditions are met (not those reported in the media).* Hence while the
landmass and population), a major factor responsible for Afghanistan's success is the following: The Afghan Taliban, under the authority of Mullah Omar, have issued explicit approval of and support for the polio eradication programme, with the following conditions: (i) each anti-polio campa
curity situation may worsen. Afghanistan post-2014: If the US withdrawal leaves behind an unstable environment, and depending on who comes in after Karzai, and if there is no agreement with the Afghan Taliban, there will be civil war. Even with an orderly withdrawal, there will still be a dip in the se
e to open a dialogue on polio eradication more to acquire legitimacy and to introduce other issues); (viii) also attempt to get the Pak Army to get Mullah Omar, head of the .Afghan Talihan. to issue an appeal to the TTP to support polio eradication; (ix) an opportunity could be provided by the new Provinci
abad's worries have increased. The talks, which had started last year, seem to have stalled after both sides stuck to their hardline positions. The Karzai government has also established contacts with the Taliban, but no headway has so far been made as the Taliban want only to talk with the US. The qu
pite differences on tactics, the two share an objective of establishing a harsh version of Islam. Moreover, both movements owe their allegiance to Mullah Omar, founder and supreme leader of Afghan Taliban movement. In recent years, the insurgency in Pakistan has grown both in numbers and sophistication as
curity situation may worsen. Afghanistan post-2014: If the US withdrawal leaves behind an unstable environment, and depending on who comes in after Karzai, and if there is no agreement with the Afghan Taliban, there will be civil war. Even with an orderly withdrawal, there will still be a dip in the s
e to open a dialogue on polio eradication more to acquire legitimacy and to introduce other issues); (viii) also attempt to get the Pak Army to get Mullah Omar, head of the Afghan Taliban, to issue an appeal to the TTP to support polio eradication; (ix) an opportunity could be provided by the new Provincia
curity situation may worsen. Afghanistan post-2014: If the US withdrawal leaves behind an unstable environment, and depending on who comes in after Karzai, and if there is no agreement with the Afghan Taliban, there will be civil war. Even with an orderly withdrawal, there will still be a dip in the s
e to open a dialogue on polio eradication more to acquire legitimacy and to introduce other issues); (viii) also attempt to get the Pak Army to get Mullah Omar, head of the Afghan Taliban, to issue an appeal to the TTP to support polio eradication; (ix) an opportunity could be provided by the new Provincia
curity situation may worsen. Afghanistan post-2014: If the US withdrawal leaves behind an unstable environment, and depending on who comes in after Karzai, and if there is no agreement with the Afghan Taliban, there will be civil war. Even with an orderly withdrawal, there will still be a dip in the s
e to open a dialogue on polio eradication more to acquire legitimacy and to introduce other issues); (viii) also attempt to get the Pak Army to get Mullah Omar, head of the Afghan Taliban, to issue an appeal to the TTP to support polio eradication; (ix) an opportunity could be provided by the new Provincia
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